Joanna Massie
@joannacm.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, deliberative mini publics and public opinion @ McMaster University, Canada. London expat. She/Her.
Current: Vox Pop Labs | Former: MASS LBP, The RSA
Current: Vox Pop Labs | Former: MASS LBP, The RSA
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Joanna Massie
@joannacm.bsky.social
· Dec 19
Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada
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Delighted to announce a new (open access) paper the wonderful @meganmattes.bsky.social and me - Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada #polsky #demoinno
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/?)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/?)
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Do you know any PhD students who would like to help teach British Politics at UCL for a term next year?
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Do you know any PhD students who would like to help teach British Politics at UCL for a term next year?
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
If so, we have a PGTA role! Please do share this ad among your networks.
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
Australian friends! We're pleased to announce that the 2025 Vote Compass is now live: votecompass.abc.net.au
Explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, and what the parties/candidates are saying on the issues.
🗳️🦘🇦🇺
From @voxpoplabs.bsky.social
Explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, and what the parties/candidates are saying on the issues.
🗳️🦘🇦🇺
From @voxpoplabs.bsky.social
Vote Compass Australia 2025 - Australia Votes - ABC News
See how your views align with Australian parties using Vote Compass. Use the Vote Compass website and make an informed choice in the 2025 Federal Election.
www.abc.net.au
April 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Australian friends! We're pleased to announce that the 2025 Vote Compass is now live: votecompass.abc.net.au
Explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, and what the parties/candidates are saying on the issues.
🗳️🦘🇦🇺
From @voxpoplabs.bsky.social
Explore how your views compare to parties and candidates, and what the parties/candidates are saying on the issues.
🗳️🦘🇦🇺
From @voxpoplabs.bsky.social
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Vox Pop Labs (@voxpoplabs.bsky.social) has launched the 2025 Canadian Federal Election Vote Compass! 🗳️🇨🇦
Vote Compass is an interactive tool designed to help you see how your views align with those of the major parties.
If you’re curious about where you stand, give it a try!
votecompass.cbc.ca
Vote Compass is an interactive tool designed to help you see how your views align with those of the major parties.
If you’re curious about where you stand, give it a try!
votecompass.cbc.ca
Vote Compass - 2025 Canadian Federal Election
Use this interactive survey designed by political scientists to calculate your alignment with the candidate platforms.
votecompass.cbc.ca
March 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Vox Pop Labs (@voxpoplabs.bsky.social) has launched the 2025 Canadian Federal Election Vote Compass! 🗳️🇨🇦
Vote Compass is an interactive tool designed to help you see how your views align with those of the major parties.
If you’re curious about where you stand, give it a try!
votecompass.cbc.ca
Vote Compass is an interactive tool designed to help you see how your views align with those of the major parties.
If you’re curious about where you stand, give it a try!
votecompass.cbc.ca
For the most recent Ontario election, we organized an advance polling location on @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social's campus, staffed entirely by students.
Read the summary here:
dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/you...
#Cdnpoli
Read the summary here:
dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/you...
#Cdnpoli
'Young people care about democracy'
During advanced voting for the 2025 provincial election, McMaster’s first student-run polling station got out the youth vote.
dailynews.mcmaster.ca
March 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
For the most recent Ontario election, we organized an advance polling location on @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social's campus, staffed entirely by students.
Read the summary here:
dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/you...
#Cdnpoli
Read the summary here:
dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/you...
#Cdnpoli
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Why use #deliberative processes? What are some challenges in organising mini-publics? How can we incorporate more voices from the Majority World? 🤔
ICYMI: @joannacm.bsky.social reviewed 6️⃣ handbooks on deliberative processes
🔓https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1603/
ICYMI: @joannacm.bsky.social reviewed 6️⃣ handbooks on deliberative processes
🔓https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1603/
March 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Why use #deliberative processes? What are some challenges in organising mini-publics? How can we incorporate more voices from the Majority World? 🤔
ICYMI: @joannacm.bsky.social reviewed 6️⃣ handbooks on deliberative processes
🔓https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1603/
ICYMI: @joannacm.bsky.social reviewed 6️⃣ handbooks on deliberative processes
🔓https://delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1603/
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How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic. My Toronto Star column on their terrible congestion task force report & how they’ve lost their way of late. $billions on a 401 tunnel? Where’s the rational business people now?
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
Shawn Micallef: How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic
The only thing that will make getting around Toronto better is fewer cars and more people taking public transit, cycling or walking. There is no other way.
www.thestar.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How the Toronto Region Board of Trade got lost in traffic. My Toronto Star column on their terrible congestion task force report & how they’ve lost their way of late. $billions on a 401 tunnel? Where’s the rational business people now?
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
www.thestar.com/news/gta/how...
This story just sums up the state of the world in 2025.
BP announced it's cutting renewable energy investmnets, instead focusing on increasing oil and gas production - because some investors are unhappy its profits and share price are lower than rivals.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BP announced it's cutting renewable energy investmnets, instead focusing on increasing oil and gas production - because some investors are unhappy its profits and share price are lower than rivals.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BP shuns renewables in return to oil and gas - BBC News
The energy giant has announced its strategy after rivals also rowed back on green energy plans.
www.bbc.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This story just sums up the state of the world in 2025.
BP announced it's cutting renewable energy investmnets, instead focusing on increasing oil and gas production - because some investors are unhappy its profits and share price are lower than rivals.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BP announced it's cutting renewable energy investmnets, instead focusing on increasing oil and gas production - because some investors are unhappy its profits and share price are lower than rivals.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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EPSR early view: Kübler and Rochat on "Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions
www.cambridge.org
February 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
EPSR early view: Kübler and Rochat on "Nonparticipation in democratic assemblies: factors, reasons, and suggestions." www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This whole article is bleak, but the figure is especially shocking. Excellent stuff from @thelocal.to
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
#onpoli
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
#onpoli
February 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This whole article is bleak, but the figure is especially shocking. Excellent stuff from @thelocal.to
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
#onpoli
thelocal.to/ontario-post...
#onpoli
Exciting post delivery! Looking forward to getting stuck into the articles, inc from @pspada.bsky.social @alexmgeisler.bsky.social and others.
Thank you @imprintacademic.bsky.social // find out more at imprint.co.uk/product/jos
Thank you @imprintacademic.bsky.social // find out more at imprint.co.uk/product/jos
February 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Exciting post delivery! Looking forward to getting stuck into the articles, inc from @pspada.bsky.social @alexmgeisler.bsky.social and others.
Thank you @imprintacademic.bsky.social // find out more at imprint.co.uk/product/jos
Thank you @imprintacademic.bsky.social // find out more at imprint.co.uk/product/jos
One thing I love about @criterion.bsky.social: you can watch the full credits. There’s no “if you liked that, you may also like…” immediate pop-up ad as soon as the credits hit.
February 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
One thing I love about @criterion.bsky.social: you can watch the full credits. There’s no “if you liked that, you may also like…” immediate pop-up ad as soon as the credits hit.
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NEW POST: Anti-DEI activists believe a 'neutral,' merit-based status quo was disrupted by 'wokeness'. It never existed.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/anti-dei-a...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/anti-dei-a...
Anti-DEI activists believe a 'neutral,' merit-based status quo was disrupted by 'wokeness'. It never existed.
Donald Trump’s authoritarian regime did not take long to impose 1984-style thought policing and overt censorship on scientists and government agencies, forcing the removal of what amounts to thousands...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
NEW POST: Anti-DEI activists believe a 'neutral,' merit-based status quo was disrupted by 'wokeness'. It never existed.
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/anti-dei-a...
emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/anti-dei-a...
Great article from @sheluchin.bsky.social on meme coins, campaign financing, and potential impact on 🇨🇦
"While these coins may seem like a joke or a new way to engage with politics, the absence of proper regulations could leave political supporters vulnerable to exploitation for financial gain."
"While these coins may seem like a joke or a new way to engage with politics, the absence of proper regulations could leave political supporters vulnerable to exploitation for financial gain."
$Trump and $Melania crypto tokens illustrate the risks posed by trendy meme coins
Donald Trump’s launch of his meme coin — coupled with low public understanding of crypto assets — could lead to financial losses from risky and speculative investments.
theconversation.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great article from @sheluchin.bsky.social on meme coins, campaign financing, and potential impact on 🇨🇦
"While these coins may seem like a joke or a new way to engage with politics, the absence of proper regulations could leave political supporters vulnerable to exploitation for financial gain."
"While these coins may seem like a joke or a new way to engage with politics, the absence of proper regulations could leave political supporters vulnerable to exploitation for financial gain."
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Just a few days left to apply for this. Deadline is Friday 31 January...
If all you want for Christmas is a new job, then I have just the thing.
Come work with me on the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact project. Join a great dept at Southampton, and an international team researching the European wave of climate assemblies.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Come work with me on the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact project. Join a great dept at Southampton, and an international team researching the European wave of climate assemblies.
jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Research Fellow, Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i)
We are delighted to welcome applications for the position of Research Fellow within the Integrating Citizen Deliberation for Impact (i4i) project, an international collaboration to examine the variety...
jobs.soton.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Just a few days left to apply for this. Deadline is Friday 31 January...
💡 Great article in @bjpols.bsky.social on local newspapers & political polarization:
... "we demonstrate that local newspaper exits increase electoral polarization. [...] following local news exits, consumers substitute local news with national tabloid news."
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
... "we demonstrate that local newspaper exits increase electoral polarization. [...] following local news exits, consumers substitute local news with national tabloid news."
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Local Newspaper Decline and Political Polarization – Evidence from a Multi-Party Setting | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core
Local Newspaper Decline and Political Polarization – Evidence from a Multi-Party Setting - Volume 54 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
💡 Great article in @bjpols.bsky.social on local newspapers & political polarization:
... "we demonstrate that local newspaper exits increase electoral polarization. [...] following local news exits, consumers substitute local news with national tabloid news."
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
... "we demonstrate that local newspaper exits increase electoral polarization. [...] following local news exits, consumers substitute local news with national tabloid news."
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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✨ ICYMI ✨
🤓 Our January Newsletter dropped this morning! This month, we talk about the launch of #ParticipediaSchool2025, our next #TeachingCafé, recent publications, and more.
Click the 🔗 to give it a read: mailchi.mp/participedia...
📧 And don’t forget to subscribe! Happy reading! 📰
🤓 Our January Newsletter dropped this morning! This month, we talk about the launch of #ParticipediaSchool2025, our next #TeachingCafé, recent publications, and more.
Click the 🔗 to give it a read: mailchi.mp/participedia...
📧 And don’t forget to subscribe! Happy reading! 📰
Latest updates and events from Participedia
Community updates including Participedia School 2025, an upcoming Teaching Café, open-access articles, and more!
mailchi.mp
January 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
✨ ICYMI ✨
🤓 Our January Newsletter dropped this morning! This month, we talk about the launch of #ParticipediaSchool2025, our next #TeachingCafé, recent publications, and more.
Click the 🔗 to give it a read: mailchi.mp/participedia...
📧 And don’t forget to subscribe! Happy reading! 📰
🤓 Our January Newsletter dropped this morning! This month, we talk about the launch of #ParticipediaSchool2025, our next #TeachingCafé, recent publications, and more.
Click the 🔗 to give it a read: mailchi.mp/participedia...
📧 And don’t forget to subscribe! Happy reading! 📰
With one clarification: abortions are sometimes needed for reasons other than saving a life, and that is also valid
Vaccines work.
Masks work.
Lockdowns are sometimes necessary.
Access to affordable healthcare/medicines is a human right.
Immigrants are generally an asset.
Equality/Diversity/Inclusion policies are a good idea.
Abortion is sometimes needed to save life.
Keep saying these things. Truth is important.
Masks work.
Lockdowns are sometimes necessary.
Access to affordable healthcare/medicines is a human right.
Immigrants are generally an asset.
Equality/Diversity/Inclusion policies are a good idea.
Abortion is sometimes needed to save life.
Keep saying these things. Truth is important.
January 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
With one clarification: abortions are sometimes needed for reasons other than saving a life, and that is also valid
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Important question: when and which political parties lie?
This new publication is pretty clear in its findings: radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation.
Based on an analysis of 32 million tweets in 26 countries.
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
This new publication is pretty clear in its findings: radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation.
Based on an analysis of 32 million tweets in 26 countries.
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical-Right Populism Across 26 Countries - Petter Törnberg, Juliana Chueri, 2025
The spread of misinformation has emerged as a global concern. Academic attention has recently shifted to emphasize the role of political elites as drivers of mi...
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Important question: when and which political parties lie?
This new publication is pretty clear in its findings: radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation.
Based on an analysis of 32 million tweets in 26 countries.
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
This new publication is pretty clear in its findings: radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation.
Based on an analysis of 32 million tweets in 26 countries.
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
Reposted by Joanna Massie
For more on trends in democratic innovation in Canada - and the areas where we could improve - check out our full article here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
For more on trends in democratic innovation in Canada - and the areas where we could improve - check out our full article here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
Reposted by Joanna Massie
Fresh from @joannacm.bsky.social and me: a look at how setting up embedded, ongoing democratic innovations - rather than just occasionally dipping our toes into the waters of innovation - could help better connect policy makers and the public, incorporating findings from our recent article in CJPS.
Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy
Why Canada needs to embrace innovations in democracy
Canadians want policies that address their needs but instead are served political gimmicks. To reconnect public interest with public policy, we need to develop new democratic practices.
theconversation.com
January 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fresh from @joannacm.bsky.social and me: a look at how setting up embedded, ongoing democratic innovations - rather than just occasionally dipping our toes into the waters of innovation - could help better connect policy makers and the public, incorporating findings from our recent article in CJPS.
Reposted by Joanna Massie
Encouraging politicians to act on climate: A field experiment with local officials in six countries.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
American Journal of Political Science | MPSA Journal | Wiley Online Library
Local governments play an important role in addressing the climate crisis. However, despite public support for climate action, local policy responses have been limited. We argue that (1) biased belie...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Encouraging politicians to act on climate: A field experiment with local officials in six countries.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
My book review for @delibdemjournal.bsky.social - I review six handbooks about running #deliberative processes from DemocracyNext, MosaicLab, newDemocracy and OECD Public Governance.
See the review here: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
#polsky #deliberativedemocracy
See the review here: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
#polsky #deliberativedemocracy
Deliberative Democracy in Practice: Handbooks on Commissioning, Facilitating, and Evaluating Deliberative Processes
Governments seeking to address declining trust, increasing polarisation, and greater complexity in government policy have increasingly turned to democratic innovations to engage citizens. For practiti...
delibdemjournal.org
January 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
My book review for @delibdemjournal.bsky.social - I review six handbooks about running #deliberative processes from DemocracyNext, MosaicLab, newDemocracy and OECD Public Governance.
See the review here: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
#polsky #deliberativedemocracy
See the review here: delibdemjournal.org/article/id/1...
#polsky #deliberativedemocracy
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Hi Bluesky! First post here and I'm excited to share my new project: CryptoCommons.ca 🇨🇦 -- a publicly accessible database that tracks & categorizes Canadian politicians' policy positions on digital currencies. The database includes all statements made in the House of Commons.
CryptoCommons.ca
CryptoCommons.ca
January 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hi Bluesky! First post here and I'm excited to share my new project: CryptoCommons.ca 🇨🇦 -- a publicly accessible database that tracks & categorizes Canadian politicians' policy positions on digital currencies. The database includes all statements made in the House of Commons.
I wish there was an option like renew for ebooks at Toronto Public Library, where you could say “I’m over 90% through and will be done tonight! Just let me keep it one more day!”
January 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I wish there was an option like renew for ebooks at Toronto Public Library, where you could say “I’m over 90% through and will be done tonight! Just let me keep it one more day!”